Every year Maine has some Wild Blueberry Festivals and everyone knows that blueberries are very high in antioxidants plus they taste good. Towards the end of summer the northern half of the state will produce over 80 million pounds of wild blueberry's. Maine is known as " The Blueberry Capital of The World " One of the important things about blueberries is wild blueberry's are considered a superfood with double the antioxidant power of highbush blueberies.

I have four blueberry festivals that you may want to attend and have a great time !!

Yesterday I decided to hit the road and headed for the coast with my trusty friend Hans a spoiled Chihuahua. We ended up in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. I had lunch at the Harborside Tavern, I ordered the fish tacos which was delicious. I will be back !

In Boothbay there is an ice cream place called the Ice Cream Factory and I ordered a Bailey's Island ice cream cone ( had it before ) Made with Kallua and Irish Cream, outstanding.

We went as far as Pemaquid Point Lighthouse such a beautiful place along the rocky coastline. This is a place that is worth the trip !!

The traffic heading towards Maine on the interstate was bumper to pumper ( it was aFriday and every one wanted to Get Out Of Town ! ) fortunately I was going the other way. I have some pictures of the boats in the harbor for you to enjoy.

Two weeks ago I was in Peterborough, New Hampshire and stopped in to Ava Maria as I saw a nice patio for eating outside, glad I stopped the ice cream was delicious and eating the ice cream on the patio with the roof to keep the sun off during the hot weather made it much more enjoyable.

There is a wide selection of chocolates and many gift of chocolates etc.

Great place to stop if you are in the area, or make it a destination !

I was in Portsmouth, NH today ( which is on the seacoast ) and wanted to have a lobster roll, I walked over to Geno's from Market Square about a ten minute walk, Portsmouth has a lot of history with many historic homes. I was seated on the deck overlooking the water, and had a great lobster roll with fish chowder, they also give you a choice of butter, mayo or just plain with your lobster roll.

Geno's is celebrating 51 years of business and was voted Best Lobster Roll in "Taste of the Seacoast" plus there is boat docking available ! Home made chowders and desserts. It is worth the trip and Geno's is surrounded with historic homes great place to walk around !

I also took some pictures of the flowers in Prescott Park and a picture of The North Church steeple which started as a Meeting House in 1671, and the steeple had a major renovation several years ago.

Last Saturday I was in Keene, NH and had lunch at The Stage Restaurant and it was wonderful.I asked the waitress how long the restaurant was in business and she said about fifty years, a lot of pictures of the Manhattan skyline as the owners are from Manhattan.

They do have outdoor seating next to the sidewalk with lots of shade !

The food is American Cuisine.

I checked Yelp and there are many 5 star reviews, just about everyone was more than pleased with the food and service, Try the Stage Restaurant for a treat and you will keep going back !!